If you had to choose between .. for the ultimate street tires?

[cobrAA]

Would you go with 35 or 40 ? I feel like 35 is way too small for canadian pothole daily driving.

[frankiman]

Would you go with 35 or 40 ? I feel like 35 is way too small for canadian pothole daily driving.

265/35/r18 or 265/40/r17

[Bossman]

Would you go with 35 or 40 ? I feel like 35 is way too small for canadian pothole daily driving.

Both are too short to survive potholes if you ask me, I just replaced a 225/45/17 tire for my family sedan last year due to a pothole encounter and the tire had fairly low mileage too, under 40,000 k! Come to think of it perhaps I should go wider on the tires then they would go over the holes instead of in it?

[cobrAA]

Both are too short to survive potholes if you ask me, I just replaced a 225/45/17 tire for my family sedan last year due to a pothole encounter and the tire had fairly low mileage too, under 40,000 k! Come to think of it perhaps I should go wider on the tires then they would go over the holes instead of in it?

Sometimes I experience that with my 245 tires. I've been riding on 45 since 4 years. But for the yokohama, they make 255/45/18 and if I want 265 my only choice is 35.

Man, I don't know what to choice lol..

BTW @frankiman, those kuhmo look sick.. well going by the review of tiretracks and their price.


The place where I want to buy my wheel offer free mounting and balancing + free shipping. so I rather pick my tires there, all they have is falken, yokohama and nexen from what I can see. So, I think my best bet would be the s.drive.

[Bossman]

Sometimes I experience that with my 245 tires. I've been riding on 45 since 4 years. But for the yokohama, they make 255/45/18 and if I want 265 my only choice is 35.

Man, I don't know what to choice lol..

BTW @frankiman, those kuhmo look sick.. well going by the review of tiretracks and their price.


The place where I want to buy my wheel offer free mounting and balancing + free shipping. so I rather pick my tires there, all they have is falken, yokohama and nexen from what I can see. So, I think my best bet would be the s.drive.

Just mounting and balancing will cost me at least $20 per wheel here in Vancouver so you'll save another $80 plus tax.

[archaeic_bloke]

a few years back there was an Excel spread sheet that somebody programmed to be used for checking tire sizes, and it shows a comparison with % difference, and even a visual graph profile of the tires, including offset. So I found it, and tossed it up on the website for anyone who wants to download it feel free.

It's here: http://www.skylife4ever.com/p/downloads.html
Inside the "General" silver colored box, use the sidebar inside the silver box to scroll down and select the file called "Tire_Size.XLS"...

that might help a few of you out

[Black BNR32]

yoko s-drives and bridgestone 760 get my vote, but only out of the ones you listed. If you're making 30 passes/year i would seriously consider a set of drag radials, like say some mickey thompson et streets.

i've owned fk452s with no complaints, except they run a little narrow. also, they are surprisingly quiet.

i don't think tires are something to skimp on as they play SUCH a large role in the performance of the car. i mean, they affect everything! handling, braking, gas mileage, drag times, comfort, etc...

ps i'll be buying some dunlop star specs or yoko ad08s

[Dragon Humper]

It's too bad you aren't looking for 17's, the Sumitomo HTR-Zs are a great tire, great dry traction, great wet traction and even though they have a 180 treadwear rating they apparently last quite a while. I felt a big diff. in traction after mounting them up, relatively low noise and good sidewall stifness without riding like a wagon.

The best part, dirt cheap, 275/40r17s are about $85 each right now with the exchange.




Jon.

[Ricky Ricer]

the RE-01R and the RE760 are totally different tires,
the RE-01R is whats called an Ultra high performance summer tire, and the RE760 is a performance all-season

you have to compare tires within their own category, alex is looking for performance all season tires, which are all in the [300,400] TW range

TW is basically an indication of the softness of the compound, this is the crudest way to explain it,
usually, winter tires are 600+, very hard, wears very slowly

perfomance tires are below 400, softer, grippier but wear faster

ultra high performance tires (re01r, azenis rt-615, ecsta xs, dirreza star spec, advan ad08, etc..) are all at 180 or 200, again, they have a softer compound which grips more but wears faster

race tires are below 140, slick are usually 50

now like i said, those numbers are only standarized indication of the tire's compound softness/wear
each tire's very own grip and wear caracteristic depend on the actual design of the tire and its construction

in any case, a 200utg tire will always grip more than a 300utg tire (in the dry..)

tires in the 200 range usually have less wet grip since they are designed for sportier dry (track) driving, where a bigger contact patch is more important than water "repulsion"



from what i see its only a difference of about 40$ per tire, still less than 800$ overall from tirerack

the yokohama s.drive are regarded by most as the best in its category, based on its dry AND wet performance, ride comfort and road noise

if i were to put that category of tire on any of my car, it would be the s.drive without a single doubt

This is a great post Frankiman, but one thing I wanted to point out. The UTQG should only be used to compare tires from the same manufacturer. A 300AAA from Bridgestone will perform and wear differently than a 300AAA from Dunlop. It's a good guide, but shouldn't be taken as law of what tire is better. Really tire choice comes down to what you prefer. I have the Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs and they perform amazingly. They do pretty well in the wet, (see my build thread for a nice picture of my car in a small blizzard) and so far they are wearing well. I haven't had a chance to really push them at the track, but I'm itching to go out and really beat the tar out of them.

[flipkc]

Bridgestone RE-11's or Toyo T1R's, I absolutely stand by them. I track and daily my T1R's and they're the best tire I've used thus far.

[cobrAA]

So... I think i will change my plan and will stay 17 inch!

[cobrAA]

It's too bad you aren't looking for 17's, the Sumitomo HTR-Zs are a great tire, great dry traction, great wet traction and even though they have a 180 treadwear rating they apparently last quite a while. I felt a big diff. in traction after mounting them up, relatively low noise and good sidewall stifness without riding like a wagon.

The best part, dirt cheap, 275/40r17s are about $85 each right now with the exchange.




Jon.

those sumitomos look better than the S.drive......tempting. :P ( judging by tiretrack test)

[aN4rk1]

A bit OT but where do you guys get your tires from?
Tirerack has some amazing prices but has anyone bought form them before?
Whats the duty and brokerage like after they come beyond the border?

[frankiman]

if you can't ship and pickup the tires at the border, tirerack calculates all fees upon checkout on their website

[Terrh]

sumitomo HTR-Z's wear pretty quickly but are VERY good tires, especially in the wet!

I've owned them before and I'd buy them again!